[Logcheck-devel] Bug#453309: logtail ignores the -o (offset file) option

[Marc Haber]

severity #453309 normal
thanks

On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 11:08:57PM +0100, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
> Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de> (Di 05 Feb 2008 22:55:16 CET):
> > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 12:26:22PM +0100, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
> > > Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de> (Di 05 Feb 2008 11:46:15 CET):
> > > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 04:05:53PM +0100, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
> > > > > The logtail utility fails in using some alternative offset file
> ...
> > 
> > > .. as documented. I think last time I supposed it should work that way
> > > too:
> > > 
> > >     logtail -o <OFFSET> <LOGFILE>	    # doesn't work (doesn't fit
> > > 					      to manpage)
> > 
> > That does not look like a bug to me then. Is the error message helpful?
> 
> There was no error message. It just works as w/o "-o <OFFSET>". This I'd
> consider a bug at least.

Agreed, but not a grave one. Lowering severity.

Greetings
Marc

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